mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is a better route, tube or SS preamp? If you go the tube pre-amp route, newer ARC pre-amps are fine choices for all kinds of music, including rock and metal. I would be cautious with some tube pre-amps though especially for this kind of music. I use an sp16 with Class D amplifiers. It... | |
| Whats my weak link? YOur room probably has different acoustics than the other guys. Have you played with speaker placement and orientation to get them locked into your room? Gotta do that first to get a good baseline from which to judge what aspect of the sound, if a... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? I use mhdt dacs (paradisea and Constantine) with Squeezebox touch and other sources. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Ult, In general, the ohms might be worth a try a tad closer to the rear and side walls than otherwise if the walls are more acoustically damped. Sounds like you are on the right track though. My 5s sit about 4 to 5 feet out from the rear wall whic... | |
| Getting overtone in a pair of bookshelf speaker. "To Mapman: will follow your prescription and see what happens. I am not sure about the usefulness of aiming the tweeters 2-3 ft to the side, but I will that a shot. "The main thing is to at least try having them not fire directly at you, but to e... | |
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? Listen to Nikki Minaj. You'll get fatigued very quickly! | |
| Recording quality by decade "The jazz recordings made from 1958-1963 were, in general, recorded with better sound than in any other time period (amazingly, including even today)."That was the time when stereo lps started to hit the market. Sound quality was a selling point a... | |
| Getting overtone in a pair of bookshelf speaker. Try moving them out 3-4 feet from rear wall and a foot or two from sides with each tweeter firing 2-3 feet to the side of your main listening position, not directly at you. Make sure tweeters are near ear level and speakers are firmly supported on... | |
| Restocking Fees, 30-Day Free Trials "Is the equipment then resold as "B" stock? Discounted "B" stock price?"No, because the maker has certified it as functionally "new".If cosmetic defects or other issues would remain, I would expect so then.I just think things are a little differen... | |
| Recording quality by decade "Some early Muddy Waters will keep you pinned to your seat."I have some newer CD remasters of early Muddy Waters tracks (mono) that sound absolutely stunning!In general, I think I find that most GOOD modern digital remasters of old stuff like that... | |
| Old tube versus new tube gear Al,I'm curious if in your opinion, the old Brook amps, assuming in good modern working order, could match the performance their more modern equivalents overall, particularly on newer recordings of various genres that are digitally mastered? I'm su... | |
| Restocking Fees, 30-Day Free Trials Jea,Makes sense. But isn't there a difference when one buys direct from the maker via Internet? If I return something for whatever reason, and the maker tests it out and confirms it functioning like new before reselling? I could see whatever that ... | |
| Restocking Fees, 30-Day Free Trials "Restocking fee" done on a % of sales price does not make sense to me. It cost the same to re-stock a similar sized amp for example whether it costs $500 or $50000. The reasonable approach is to have the customer cover the actual or reasonable cos... | |
| Old tube versus new tube gear I think newer tube gear in general sounds more neutral and is better geared for those who listen to a broad range of music genres and vintages. That makes it more versatile I would say! More vanilla. Older tube gear, in general, is more "flavored"... | |
| Recording quality by decade I think its fair to say that recordings over the years have tended to continuously become more heavily "processed" over time, digitally in particular. Kinda like a lot of fast food. Also like we always seem to get new taxes and laws and few older ... |